<p>Manipur rights activist Irom Sharmila, who was released from prison yesterday after a local court rejected charges of attempt to suicide against her, continued with her indefinite fast of 14 years at the market complex here demanding repeal of AFSPA.<br /><br /></p>.<p>She was released at 7.30 PM yesterday by Imphal east district chief judicial magistrate, who dropped all charges against her, including attempt to commit suicide under IPC Section 309.<br /><br />Immediately afterwards Sharmila accompanied by representatives of various women organisations went to Imphal market complex and began her fast.<br /><br />She sat fasting at the market complex through the night.<br />She is being attended by a team of doctors from the government hospital, official sources said.<br /><br />Police has asked her to go to the government hospital at Porompat but she has refused, the sources said.<br /><br />Sharmila began her fast in November 2002 after Assam Rifles personnel killed 10 innocent people in Imphal airport in a fake encounter. Central forces, including Assam Rifles, are deployed in Manipur under Armed Forces Special Powers Act to counter insurgents.<br /><br />She had been arrested, released and then re-arrested from time to time on the charge of attempting to commit suicide. The maximum punishment under Section 309 of the IPC is a one-year jail term.</p>
<p>Manipur rights activist Irom Sharmila, who was released from prison yesterday after a local court rejected charges of attempt to suicide against her, continued with her indefinite fast of 14 years at the market complex here demanding repeal of AFSPA.<br /><br /></p>.<p>She was released at 7.30 PM yesterday by Imphal east district chief judicial magistrate, who dropped all charges against her, including attempt to commit suicide under IPC Section 309.<br /><br />Immediately afterwards Sharmila accompanied by representatives of various women organisations went to Imphal market complex and began her fast.<br /><br />She sat fasting at the market complex through the night.<br />She is being attended by a team of doctors from the government hospital, official sources said.<br /><br />Police has asked her to go to the government hospital at Porompat but she has refused, the sources said.<br /><br />Sharmila began her fast in November 2002 after Assam Rifles personnel killed 10 innocent people in Imphal airport in a fake encounter. Central forces, including Assam Rifles, are deployed in Manipur under Armed Forces Special Powers Act to counter insurgents.<br /><br />She had been arrested, released and then re-arrested from time to time on the charge of attempting to commit suicide. The maximum punishment under Section 309 of the IPC is a one-year jail term.</p>